Accolades: (2018) Selected to the America East All-Rookie Team…Tabbed to the USILA Team of the Week and America East Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 12)… Named America East Conference Rookie of the Week for the second and third times on April 9 and 16… Named to the 2018 America East Winter-Spring Honor Roll.

2018: Led the nation in goals against average (7.33)… Recorded all five wins in net for the Retrievers in his freshman campaign... Finished fourth in America East in save percentage (54.1)… Burst onto the scene in the opener, entering the game late in the first quarter and turning aside 13 of 15 Spider shots on goal as UMBC rallied for a 9-6 victory… Got his first start at Navy the following week, the first of five consecutive starts (1-4)… After a two-game break, regained the starting assignment at UMass Lowell… Made 33 saves and allowed only 12 goals as UMBC throttled No. 1 UAlbany, Binghamton and Hartford.

Background: Highly-decorated goalkeeping prospect… Ranked No. 14 of all goalies in the class of 2017 by Inside Lacrosse…A 2017 high school All-American… Registered double-digit save totals in nine of the team’s 14 games in 2017… Earned All Long Island First Team honors by Newsday… Captained the Friars as a senior and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player… Has an older brother, Nick, and younger sister, Juliana… Nick is competing in baseball collegiately at New Paltz… Lists favorite professional team as the NBA’s New York Knicks… Enjoys surfing, snowboarding and skating… Son of Julie and Jeff Lingner.